Sergei Bilostenniy defeats Vadim Nemkov to become new PFL heavyweight world champion

DUBAI: The Professional Fighters League returned to Dubai for a fourth time as PFL Dubai at the Coca-Cola Arena, with spectators witnessing No.3-ranked Sergei Bilostenniy (16-4) take the PFL heavyweight world championship from Vadim Nemkov (20-3) with a hard-fought unanimous decision.

The former training partners had to put their friendship aside for this all-Russian clash where everything was at stake. Bilostenniy survived an early submission scare before using his striking to pick apart and out-point a bloodied Nemkov over the course of the following five rounds.

“I have a tremendous amount of respect for Vadim Nemkov and Team Fedor. The plan today was to fight and just have fun,” said an elated Bilostenniy.